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I wish I could find it, but I recall some research indicating that elected officials are very good at giving voters the stuff they want (even if it’s internally
by balderdash 4y ago
I wish I could find it, but I recall some research indicating that elected officials are very good at giving voters the stuff they want (even if it’s internally inconsistent) e.g. voters want more spending on education, healthcare and don’t want cuts anywhere else + plus want less deficit spending/balanced budget = impossible, but as the politician understood that they’d rewarded for increasing spending in your important areas, and can live with you blaming for the deficit spending because hey, what you wanted wasn’t possible…
- pc86 4y agoIt doesn't take much "research" to arrive at "politicians will give voters what they want and pass the buck on paying it."
- balderdash 4y agoPut any other way, biters will say they want a balanced budget, then when you ask them where we should increase and decrease spending, it turns out they actually didn’t want a bladed budget, and that the politicians had given them exactly why they wanted (despite protestations to the contrary)